Th « Sabbatb , 4 wk * t for ! f - ¦ [ ¦ ¦ In tracing tbe Sabbath back through history we were led tojthe conclusion that the only reasouableiexp lanation of its orig in , is that which the Bible offers us : that God gave the Sajbath to man . But for what ? What enl had he in view ? We answer , a twofold jendi That is , that it should be set apart frori ihe other days of the week for religious woiship , and for rest . I And shutting up the / Bible , laying it oat of account , if we ** re to shape our answer lo the question / by what are the well k » own uses of thefoabbath in history the same response would certainly have to be made . For th ? e two facts appear distinctly in the recoi Is of the past ; that the Sabbath has been peculiarly a day for religious worship , and ; for cessation from the ordinary toil of the week . Men may indeed have lost sigl * of the spirit of God s design , aud corrupted the Sabbath to the uses of corrupt abd false religions , and to a day of exhausting ...

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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE . Notice Is hereby glvcu , That the undersigned Administrator of tho estate of . Too . D Edmonds , let . * f the County of DeKalb and state of Illinois , will attend upon the County Court si DeKalb County , Illinois , at a term thereof to be holden at the Conrl House in Sycamore , In said County , on the third Monday in the month of May next , for the purpose of settling and adjusting all claims against said decedent ; therefore all persons having claims against said estate am hereby nc titled and requested to attend said term of said Court for the purpose of having their claims adjusted ; aud all persons indebted to said estate , are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned . J 1 UXKOE Kil . Vi 7 . tLL , Administrator . Dated March 24 , 1870 2 t-0 w

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE . ¦ ajOTICE is hereby given , that the undersigned ll Administratrix of tbe estate of Solomon T . ^ nnbar late of the Co . ct IVK 1 I 0 and State of Illinois , will attend npon tho County Court of PeKalb County . Illinois , * . ! a term thereof to bo bol en at the Court House in Sycamore , in said County , on the third Monday in -tho month of May next , for the purpose of settling and adjusting all claims ¦ gainst said decedent ; therefore all persons having claims against said estate are herobv notified and requested to attend at said term of said Court f . r tho purpose of having tboir-claims adjusted ; and all persons indebeted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned OKO . W . CUURCHILL , Administrator . March 24 th , 1870 .

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